interview Archive
23 Jun 2010
The Jason Falkner Interview: Part Three
(continued from Part Two) Jason Falkner: The Early Years And the fun of making records is a theme to which Jason Falkner often returns. Like many artists who have their […]
22 Jun 2010
The Jason Falkner Interview, Part Two
(continued from Part One) “Dad-rock” Not surprisingly, Jason Falkner concedes that “I’m just trying to entertain myself. I just want to hear a song that really gets me off, so […]
21 Jun 2010
The Jason Falkner Interview, Part One
For more than twenty years, fans of a particular few strains of rock have known about Jason Falkner. Tagged early and often as something of a pop wunderkind, Falkner is […]
14 Jun 2010
Fiddler Paul Crouch: An Appalachian Treasure
Some stories write themselves. Oftentimes a writer does some research, interviews the subject, and then weaves the resulting information into a narrative. But when the subject is Asheville, North Carolina […]
03 Jun 2010
Interview: Richard X Heyman
Critics tend to categorize Richard X Heyman‘s brand of music as powerpop, a genre that for many is an anachronism. “I always heard that the original [use of the label] […]
02 Jun 2010
Interview: The New York Dolls’ David Johansen
“I have this saying,” David Johansen says, as he readies for an extensive concert tour of South America. “Everything starts out as heresy, and winds up as superstition.” When his […]
01 Jun 2010
Interview: The Residents (sort of…)
(NOTE: This feature was originally published in Skope Magazine in 2006. –ed.) The Residents are weird. And obscure. And difficult. While all three assertions have a healthy amount of truth […]
28 May 2010
The Steve Hackett Interview, Part Three
Out of the Tunnel’s Mouth features the instrumental “Ghost in the Glass.” Hackett says that “I was influenced by working with my former keyboard colleague Nick Magnus.” There was a […]
27 May 2010
The Steve Hackett Interview, Part Two
Some songwriters claim that music comes to them fully formed; others craft the songs from the ground up, bit by bit. Steve Hackett says that “I find that songs don’t […]
26 May 2010
The Steve Hackett Interview, Part One
Guitarist Steve Hackett has charted a long and successful career as an innovative musician. He rose to fame as the guitarist in Genesis during that group’s most creatively fertile period. […]